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Pacific Worlds: A History of Seas, Peoples, and Cultures
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u/VermeersHat ยท 2 pointsr/AskHistorians

Sure. I'm assuming that you mean historical texts, so here are a few -- but please let me know if you're looking for something else.

There's been a push in Pacific Studies in recent years toward writing broader regional studies, but I'm not really thrilled with any of the ones that have been produced so far.

Matt Matsuda might have done the best of them, although the book is so ambitious that it inevitably leaves a lot out. He wants to connect Oceania to the cultures of the Pacific Rim over a long sweep of time, and I think Pacific Islanders sometimes get lost in the mix. But it's a nice introduction.

I.C. Campbell did a general overview on Pacific history some years ago with some good material, but it's fairly conventional and arguably Euro-centric.

Then there's a recent book by Nicholas Thomas, whose other work is fabulous. There's not much of an argument here, and the focus is almost entirely on colonial contact. But it works reasonably well as a reader on Pacific history, with a bit of information on a lot of different histories. I hope that helps.